True Orthodoxy in an Age of Apostasy
Fr. Seraphim Rose explains what the Royal Path is and True Orthodoxy in the Age of Apostasy.
Patristic Faith
The Theology of the Icon: Image and Likeness
Father Deacon Ananias’s paper delivered at the 2024 Orthodox MontaNIKA conference at Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte, MT.
Fr. Deacon Ananias
Africa’s New Deaconess: What’s the Bother?
Maybe you’ve heard the old Bolshevik saying, “The worse things get, the better things are.” It makes sense for revolutionaries intent on overthrowing the existing order: The worse things get, the more dissatisfied people will be with things
Pdn. Brian Patrick Mitchell, Ph.D.
The Eternal Paradise of the Cross
My dear readers, during this most beautiful week of the Cross, in the middle of the Great Fast, I wanted to share with you the words of the holy Archbishop Averky. They are from his work, “The Kingdom
Fr. Zechariah Lynch
Deaconesses, Female Deacons, and the Agenda of the St. Phoebe Center
On February 2nd, 2024, Ancient Faith Radio held a discussion about deaconesses, which was a documentary by John Maddox, interspersed with discussions between Fr. Thomas Soroka and John Maddox, and which eventually included callers, included me, among a
Father John Whiteford
Obedience to Bishops and Imposition of Penance During the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
The Church’s episcopal reaction to the 2020 SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) epidemic assumed two basic and related concepts of Church life: the nature of obedience to bishops’ mandates, and the acceptance of penances for spiritual health. The mandates to restrict
Fr. Jonathan H. Cholcher
HOW CAN WE FORGIVE THOSE WHO HURT US?
The Church Fathers give practical advice on how we should think about the pain caused by others, and why it is necessary to confront our anger.
Father Spyridon
DANGERS IN THE SPIRITUAL LIFE
We in this age must be particularly aware of the warning from the Church Fathers about the dangers of “right hand sins”.
Father Spyridon
THE PAIN OF REPENTANCE
Repentance is often abandoned because of the discomfort it can bring, but the saints remind us of the reality of Christ’s peace for which we must strive.
Father Spyridon
